Song · Pat Benatar
“Shadows Of The Night” by Pat Benatar
From the album Get Nervous (1982)
“Shadows Of The Night” by Pat Benatar appears on 28 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2012 and 2026. It was first released in 1982 on the album Get Nervous. Its best result is #22 on the 102.9 The Whale Rocktober: Women That Rock 24. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #729 classic rock song of all time.
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"Shadows of the Night" led off Pat Benatar's fourth album, Get Nervous, in 1982, but the song had knocked around before it reached her. D.L. Byron wrote it for the 1980 film Times Square, a story of two young runaways in New York City; it never made the movie, and his own label turned it down as not commercial enough. Benatar's recording, with lyrics that differ slightly from the earlier versions, is new wave muscle on Chrysalis, her voice cutting through the dark like a searchlight.
It went to number 3 on the Mainstream Rock chart, reached the top 15 of the Hot 100, and in 1983 brought her a third Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
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